Annandale vs Reston

A side-by-side comparison of Annandale and Reston: population, income, housing, and more.

Annandale and Reston are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Reston has the higher population (63,542 vs 41,982 in Annandale). Reston has the higher median household income ($139,515 vs $112,872 in Annandale). Annandale has the higher median home value ($650,100 vs $616,000 in Reston).

Population, income & housing

	Annandale	Reston
Population	41,982	63,542
Median age	40.8 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$112,872	$139,515
Median home value	$650,100	$616,000
Median gross rent	$1,932	$2,170
Housing units	14,509	30,274
Homeownership rate	64.4%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	70.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Annandale	Reston
Population	43,295 → 41,982 (-3.0%)	61,147 → 63,542 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$96,533 → $112,872 (+16.9%)	$120,396 → $139,515 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$489,100 → $650,100 (+32.9%)	$499,200 → $616,000 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,695 → $1,932 (+14.0%)	$1,859 → $2,170 (+16.7%)

Annandale

Population

43,29541,982

Median household income

$96,533$112,872

Median home value

$489,100$650,100

Median gross rent

$1,695$1,932

Reston

Population

61,14763,542

Median household income

$120,396$139,515

Median home value

$499,200$616,000

Median gross rent

$1,859$2,170

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Annandale	Reston
Under 5	6.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.6%	13.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	17.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.1%
75 and over	6.8%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Annandale	Reston
White (non-Hispanic)	30.9%	58.3%
Black or African American	8.9%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	21.4%	11.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.2%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	34.3%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Annandale	Reston
No high school diploma	15.8%	4.6%
High school graduate	19.9%	8.9%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	36.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	34.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Annandale	Reston
Drove alone	60.3%	53.0%
Carpooled	13.6%	6.4%
Public transit	4.9%	6.3%
Walked	2.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	16.4%	30.2%
Other means	2.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Annandale	Reston
1-unit, detached	47.5%	20.3%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	30.5%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	22.3%	20.5%
20 or more units	9.4%	25.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Annandale	Reston
Poverty rate	10.5%	5.4%
Average household size	2.96	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1968	1983